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Despite an extraordinary and nuanced performance by Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II, this film could have been titled “Diana” or at least “Diana vs. the Queen.” Set in the week of Princess Diana’s sudden death in 1997, this docudrama explores the Royal Family’s cold response to the public’s mourning ...
Beverly BerningFilm
A documentary produced, directed and edited by Mark Becker web site When Mark Becker started interviewing subjects for a documentary short about the mariachi singers who were working the taquerias and hipster clubs in San Francisco’s Hispanic Mission District, he stumbled upon a 54-year-old Mexican immigrant named Carmelo Muniz ...
Michael McDonaghFilm
Slingshot Hip Hop Director Jackie Salloum Palestine ( 2008 ) 89 minutes. http://www.slingshothiphop.com/( soundtrack available ) trailer We live at such a remove these days, what with e-mails, IMs, text messaging, vid cams, and all the rest, that it didn't surprise me whenI got a terse e from ...
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As if from a comic parallel universe, it is not Josef K who wakes up one day to find himself transformed into a cockroach, but Harold Crick (Will Ferrell), an IRS agent obsessed with numbers, who wakes up one morning to find he is a fictional character -- his life ...
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Directed by Charlie Kaufman Written by Charlie Kaufman Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Tom Noonan, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Emily Watson Run Time: 123 minutes MPAA Rating: Rated R http://www.sonyclassics.com/synecdocheny/ To call Synecdoche, New York a masterpiece is to aggrandize it in ways ...
Emily S. MendelFilm
Stella Malucchi in Tears of the Black Tiger. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.
Tears of the Black Tiger
(Fah Talai Jone)
Starring: Chartchai Ngam-San, Suwinit Panjamawat,
Stella Malucchi, Supakorn Kitsuwan, Arawat Ruangvuth, Sombat Metanee
Director/Screenplay: Wisit Sasanatieng
Producer: Nonzee Nimibutr
Not rated
Thai with ...
Beverly BerningFilm
The Class (2008) Entre Les Murs Directed by Laurent Cantet Written by Laurent Cantet, Robin Campillo, François Bégaudeau Starring: François Bégaudeau, Franck Keita, Esmeralda Ouertani, Rachel Régulier, Wei Huang, Nassim Amrabt, Laura Baquel, Cherif Bounaidja Rachedi, Juliette Demaille, Vincent Caire Run Time: 128 minutes MPAA Rating: Not Rated ...
Beverly BerningFilm
To Catch a Fire Directed by Phillip Noyce A look at the body of work of Australian director Phillip Noyce reveals a striking transformation in recent years. The director whose career took off with the Australian import Dead Calm, and whose name is still mainly associated with ...